Ženski košarkaški klub Šibenik (), commonly referred to as ŽKK Šibenik or simply Šibenik, is a professional

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club based in

Šibenik Šibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka (Croatia), Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is one of the oldest Croatia, Croatian self-governing cities ...

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. It regularly competes in and has won the national championship, Premijer liga, five times,History of the club
from the official website last time in 2008, and is considered to be among the leading women's basketball clubs in the country.

Home arena

Since 1973, ŽKK Šibenik plays its home matches in the Baldekin Sports Hall, which has a capacity of 900 or 1,726 if needed.

Honours

Domestic

National Championships – 5 * Yugoslav Women's Basketball League **Winners (1): 1990–91 **Runners-up (3): 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90 *

Croatian Women's Basketball League The Hrvatska Premijer ženska košarkaška liga (), also known as Premijer ženska liga or simply Premijer liga, is the first tier level league for women's basketball clubs in Croatia. Founded in 1991 following the independence of the country, it ...

: **Winners (4): 1996–97, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08 **Runners-up (8): 1997–98, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 National Cups – 6 * Yugoslav Women's Basketball Cup: **Winners (2): 1986–87, 1989–90 *

Ružica Meglaj-Rimac Cup The Ružica Meglaj-Rimac Cup is the national women's basketball cup of Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia ...

: **Winners (4): 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08 **Runners-up (8): 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13 National Super Cups – 1 * Croatian Women's Basketball Super Cup: **Winners (1): 2007

International

International titles – 9 *

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: **Winners (5): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09,

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**Runners-up (5): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2009–10 * Vojko Herksel Cup **Winners (4):

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

**Runners-up (1):

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

Notable players

* Vanda Baranović-Urukalo * Marta Čakić * Luca Ivanković *

Anđa Jelavić Anđa Jelavić (born 21 September 1980) is a former Croatian female basketball player and current basketball Coach (basketball), coach. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Croatia women's national basketball team, Croatian national ...

* Neda Lokas * Sandra Mandir * Antonija Mišura * Danira Nakić * Tina Periša * Emanuela Salopek * Simona Šoda

Notable coaches

* Nenad Amanović * Dražen Brajković *

Stipe Bralić Stipe Bralić (born June 10, 1973) is a Croatian professional basketball coach who is the head coach of ŽKK Šibenik and the senior women's Croatia national team, which he led at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, offic ...

* Danko Radić * Neven Spahija

References

External links

Official website

Profile
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